Rangers center J.T. Miller, right, celebrates his goal during the first period against the Islanders at Madison Square Garden. Miller scored twice in the Rangers' 4-1 win.

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You don't dare declare the Rangers cured after one game, because they've had good games before and followed them up with miserable losses. And because this one was against a bumbling Islanders team and frankly wasn't nearly a perfect win.

But what might make you think the Rangers are going to be OK is that the holes in their lineup are closing, and they're being closed with some new faces ? one of them a teenager.

J.T. Miller, 19, scored a goal on his first shift at Madison Square Garden and added another on a power-play breakaway in a 4-1 win over the Islanders Thursday night. ...